I've always tried to be a spiritual person, but then I heard someone equate that with a belief in God. Whereas I've thought of it as being sort of calm, contemplative, and in balance.
What do you think? Is spirituality a state of mind or a belief about supernaturalism?
2007-01-03 17:43:58 · 9 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Keep your thought about spirituality. Just because you don't believe in God doesn't mean you don't have a sense of things beyond yourself. Interpersonal relationships are among the greatest connections with spirituality. Self-knowledge and self-discipline are superb examples of a spiritual existence. There's no reason to believe in God or a soul to believe you're not sufficient on your own.
You don't need to believe you've got a piece of supernatural essence guiding your fingers on the keyboard. That's biology. But calm and balance are spiritual experiences.
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2007-01-03 17:48:55 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess it is usually equated with a belief in a supreme being.
It almost sounds contradictory to say that a person has a spiritual nature to his/herself and also believes that the spiritual aspect to themselves is null and void without the lifeforce of the body and mind. If the body dies and the mind is gone, then the spiritual part was what? Just imagination?
I don't know...that's a difficult question.
2007-01-04 02:01:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We've got spirit, yes we do... we've got spirit, how 'bout you?
That's a healthy kind spirit. Camaraderie.
Looking forward to the New Year with a sense of ambition and optimism. That's another great form of spirit.
Sitting by a stream and indulging your mind and body in the sights, sounds and smells of nature might be considered another kind of spirit... getting in touch with the spirit of nature.
All these definitions seem quite natural and reasonable to me.
Spirituality that refers to deities, ghosts, a soul, life after death, or a belief that there is something more to us than flesh and blood falls into the realm of the supernatural, (aka fantasy) and negates any positive connotation the words spirit or spirituality convey to me.
2007-01-04 01:50:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question. I do think that the word tends to remind us of "supernatural". "Spirituality" has many meanings, of course: everything from ghosts to open-mindedness. Because it can be so misleading, I don't normally use the word "spiritual" to refer to traits such as thoughtful, aware, holistic, philosophical, principled, ethical, meditative, creative, open-minded, mysterious, wiccan, pagan, etc.
2007-01-04 01:59:27 · answer #4 · answered by HarryTikos 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wife and I were discussing this last evening, and decided that we did not have a good definition of spirituality. Without such, it is hard to tell what it might connote.
2007-01-04 01:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a belief in the supernatural. The idea of a spirit animating the body is a dualistic concept, and one that is hard for me to swallow.
Is there a ghost in the machine?
2007-01-04 01:47:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spirituality is being in accordance with what God says, and LIVING it daily.
2007-01-04 01:50:38 · answer #7 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's both and the synergy between the two,
2007-01-04 01:46:46 · answer #8 · answered by Timothy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Spirit" is right in the word "spirituality".
2007-01-04 01:54:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋